| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 137150120 | Tapping pipe, keg, or tank | 28 |
| 20100186826 | Remote Tapping Method and System for Internally Tapping a Conduit - Disclosed is a method, system and apparatus for use in remotely and internally tapping a conduit. The method is performed, at least partially, by an automatic mechanism or robot configured to effectively perform the tasks and various steps of the method. The method includes the steps of: (a) lining a conduit with a liner; and (b) inserting an automatic mechanism into an internal portion of the liner, wherein the automatic mechanism (i) locates a service tap connection point; and (ii) at least partially engages a fitting device within an internal surface of the service tap entry portion, thereby providing fluid communication between a service tap internal passageway and an internal portion of the liner. An automatic mechanism, a fitting device and an insert element are also disclosed. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100229958 | BLOCK AND BLEED PLUGGING TOOL EMPLOYING SEALS ON A PIPELINE EXTERIOR - The present invention is a method of plugging a pipeline having an exterior surface including the steps of affixing to the exterior of the pipeline first and second spaced apart collars, welding each collar to the pipeline so that an operating space is provided between the collars, positioning a seal with each collar, affixing a containment housing to the opposed collars providing a confined space around the pipeline and surrounding the operating space between the collars, the confined space being accessed by a passageway, cutting and removing a length of pipeline between the collars providing opposed pipeline exterior end surfaces, positioning first and second seal cups between the collars, each seal cup having a forwardly extending circumferential lip of internal diameter greater than the external diameter of the pipeline, and applying force to move the seal cups away from each other, the circumferential lips of the seal cups engaging with the opposed seals to compress them into sealing engagement with the collars and with the pipeline exterior surfaces. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20120067435 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HOT TAPPING MULTIPLE COAXIAL OR NESTED STRINGS OF UNDERWATER PIPING AND/OR TUBING FOR OVERTURNED WELLS OR PLATFORMS - A method and apparatus for tapping into a pressurized multiple strings of coaxially situated tubulars for wells and/or platforms which have overturned wherein the tapping occurs underwater via a diver or remotely operated vehicle. The assembly includes a tapping tool connectable to the tubular via a saddle connection and an adjustable tapping clamp with adjustable support/locking feet, compression plate with view ports, and angularly adjustable hot tapping system, along with a drill/saw system. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120138161 | TAPPING APPARATUS AND COMPRESSIBLE BOTTLE THEREFORE, AND A PREFORM FOR FORMING SUCH CONTAINER - Tapping assembly for beverages, comprising a pressure chamber and a pressurising device, wherein the pressure chamber comprises a lid closing off the pressure chamber at least partly, with an opening in said lid, and a container extending with a neck through said opening and a body extending inside said pressure chamber, wherein a first flange extending around the neck lies at a side of the lid facing the pressure chamber and at least one element extending from said neck lies at the opposite side of the lid, the device being provided with at least one closure element engaging said at least one element, forcing said element away from the lid and thereby pulling the first flange towards the lid for sealing the opening by at least the first flange. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130098473 | Tool for Removing and Installing Plugs and Method of Operation - A tool for extracting a plug from a pipe containing a pressurized gas is provided. The tool includes a chamber member having an open end and a closed end, the closed end having a bore therethrough. An extractor member is provided having a handle on one end and a shaft portion extending through the bore. The shaft portion has at least first threaded portion opposite the handle and a second threaded portion adjacent the closed end. A lifting member is operably coupled to the second threaded portion. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20140345702 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HOT TAPPING MULTIPLE COAXIAL OR NESTED STRINGS OF UNDERWATER PIPING AND/OR TUBING FOR OVERTURNED WELLS OR PLATFORMS - A method and apparatus for tapping into a pressurized multiple strings of coaxially situated tubulars for wells and/or platforms which have overturned wherein the tapping occurs underwater via a diver or remotely operated vehicle. The assembly includes a tapping tool connectable to the tubular via a saddle connection and an adjustable tapping clamp with adjustable support/locking feet, compression plate with view ports, and angularly adjustable hot tapping system, along with a drill/saw system. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150129048 | DIRECTIONAL INSERTION TOOL - A device and method for inserting a tool into a pipeline transporting a fluid. The device includes a housing that is attachable to a vertical fitting applied on the pipeline, and a launch tube supported by the housing and including a tool passageway through which a tool is fed. The launch tube moves relative to the housing to raise and lower a shoe at an end of the launch tube into the pipeline. The shoe is and adapted to insert a tool into the pipeline at an angle to the launch tube. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20160146389 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOT-TAP TIE IN FOR LARGE DIAMETER PIPES - A method is presented for joining a first pipe to the wall of a second pipe. The second pipe contains a first fluid. The first pipe has an open end and a closed end. The method includes abutting the open end of the first pipe against the wall of the second pipe to create an abutment, forming a fluid-tight seal around the abutment, filling the first pipe with a second fluid, and creating an opening in the wall of the second pipe by cutting a section of the wall of the second pipe enclosed by the abutment. The second fluid may have the same pressure as the first fluid. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160146390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HOT TAPPING MULTIPLE COAXIAL OR NESTED STRINGS OF UNDERWATER PIPING AND/OR TUBING FOR OVERTURNED WELLS OR PLATFORMS - A method and apparatus for tapping into a pressurized multiple strings of coaxially situated tubulars for wells and/or platforms which have overturned wherein the tapping occurs underwater via a diver or remotely operated vehicle. The assembly includes a tapping tool connectable to the tubular via a saddle connection and an adjustable tapping clamp with adjustable support/locking feet, compression plate with view ports, and angularly adjustable hot tapping system, along with a drill/saw system. | 05-26-2016 |
| 137150130 | Particular aperture forming means | 19 |
| 20100084024 | Method of Direct Hot Tapping Into A Multiple Production String Without Removing Outer Layers of Casing - A method of hot tapping into a multiple string configuration for obtaining access to the production tubing without removing outer layers of casing by providing a multiple casing string that includes at least an outer casing and an inner casing or production string; mounting a clamp assembly around the wall of the outer casing; hot tapping a small opening through the outer casing wall to capture any pressurized fluid through the opening; cutting first and second large openings through the wall of the outer casing to access the inner casing, each opening being approximately 180 degrees from the other opening; through the first opening, drilling a small hole through the wall of the inner casing to capture any pressurized fluid through the opening in the inner casing; and inserting an anvil through the second opening to contact and stabilize the wall of the inner casing to prevent the casing from moving while the casing is drilled. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100243072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HOT TAPPING MULTIPLE COAXIAL OR NESTED STRINGS OF UNDERWATER PIPING AND/OR TUBING FOR OVERTURNED WELLS OR PLATFORMS - A method and apparatus for tapping into a pressurized multiple strings of coaxially situated tubulars for wells and/or platforms which have overturned wherein the tapping occurs underwater via a diver or remotely operated vehicle. The assembly includes a tapping tool connectable to the tubular via a saddle connection and an adjustable tapping clamp with adjustable support/locking feet, compression plate with view ports, and angularly adjustable hot tapping system, along with a drill/saw system. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110041926 | APPARATUS FOR ISOLATING ELBOW FITTINGS - An apparatus for isolating elbow fittings includes a fluid containing elbow housing comprised of cooperating components. The elbow housing has a first opening for a first branch of an elbow, a second opening for a second branch of an elbow and a tool insertion opening in axial alignment with the first opening. Means are provided for securing the cooperating components of the elbow housing around an elbow. A seal seals the first opening, the second opening, and the cooperating components. An isolation valve controls the tool insertion opening. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20130255794 | Method of Direct Hot Tapping Into A Multiple Production String Without Removing Outer Layers of Casing - A method of hot tapping into a multiple string configuration for obtaining access to the production tubing without removing outer layers of casing by providing a multiple casing string that includes at least an outer casing and an inner casing or production string; mounting a clamp assembly around the wall of the outer casing; hot tapping a small opening through the outer casing wall to capture any pressurized fluid through the opening; cutting first and second large openings through the wall of the outer casing to access the inner casing, each opening being approximately 180 degrees from the other opening; through the first opening, drilling a small hole through the wall of the inner casing to capture any pressurized fluid through the opening in the inner casing; and inserting an anvil through the second opening to contact and stabilize the wall of the inner casing to prevent the casing from moving while the casing is drilled. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140076414 | Method and Device for Tapping and Tracing a Conduit - Disclosed are a method and a device for tapping and tracing a conduit that is obstructed from view such as a subterranean pipe. The invention allows the conduit to be traced while the conduit continues to function. The device includes a tapping tee for tapping into a conduit with an entry port at an acute angle to the conduit, a flexible fiberglass rodder that includes a conductor, a stuffing box removably attached to the tapping tee for inserting the rodder into the tapping tee, a signal transmitter operably attached to the rodder, and a signal receiver that receives the signals transmitted by the transmitter through the rodder and through the obstruction. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140158218 | Method of Hot Tapping Into a Pipe - A hot tapping assembly for hot tapping into a multiple string configuration to obtain access to the production tubing without removing outer layers of casing, the hot tapping assembly including a hot tapping clamp and a hot tapping seal assembly. In one embodiment, the hot tapping clamp includes a clamp plate having an access bore. The clamp plate can engage with an outer surface of a pipe. In another embodiment, the hot tapping seal assembly can engage with the hot tapping clamp, and includes a hot tapping tubular that can engage with the outer surface of the pipe through the hot tapping clamp's access bore. | 06-12-2014 |
| 137150140 | Cutter or cutting tool | 12 |
| 20090139579 | Diversion Under Load Conditions in Distribution Systems - The invention relates to a diversion which can be used under load conditions in a fluid distribution system without interrupting the fluid supply or installing a by pass. The diversions consists of a body that is formed by two complementary components including an upper component comprising openings which are oriented transversely to the direction of the pipe to be cut off, which are equipped with seals and which are designed such as to enable the insertion and passage of a cutting blade that is associated with an external guillotine. The aforementioned upper component comprises an inner collar or flange which can be coupled and secured to the pipe segment to be cut off, said collar or flange being joined to a threaded longitudinal element which extends externally and which is used to remove the cut-off pipe segment. The invention also includes elements for sealing the openings once the cutting operations have been performed and the guillotine has been removed. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100000611 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING AN OPENING IN A STORAGE TANK - An apparatus and method for forming an opening through a storage tank ( | 01-07-2010 |
| 20120160337 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALVE INSERTION AND LINESTOPPING - The present embodiments provide systems and methods for valve insertion and linestopping. In one embodiment, the system comprises a sealing housing having a lower housing portion and an upper housing portion that are each dimensioned to partially surround an exterior surface of an existing pipe in an airtight state. In one embodiment, an integral valve assembly is disposed at least partially within an integral valve housing section of the upper housing portion. The integral valve assembly comprises a valve movable between an open position in which the valve provides an open pathway through an opening in the upper housing portion, and a closed position in which the valve provides a seal adjacent to the opening. The upper housing portion may be adapted to selectively receive each of an adapter plate for a cutting machine, a valve bonnet, and a blind flange. Optionally, the valve bonnet and the gate may be removed from engagement with the upper housing portion when the valve of the integral valve assembly is in the closed position, and a blind flange may be secured to the upper housing portion after the valve bonnet and the gate are removed. Therefore, the user advantageously has an option of whether to leave the valve bonnet and the gate coupled to the sealing housing for certain applications, or may remove the valve bonnet and the gate for other applications. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120160338 | DRIP LINE INSTALLATION KIT, APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A drip line installation kit apparatus and method is provided for puncturing a conduit. The kit includes a clamping means having a clamp member to engage the conduit, the clamp member having a guiding channel oriented at a predefined angle to the conduit. A coupling means engages the guiding channel and a punch fits within the coupling means so as to align with the guiding channel and maintain a conduit puncturing punch end at the predefined angle to the conduit. A punch press engages the coupling means and drives the punch into the conduit thereby puncturing the conduit. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120222753 | DEVICE FOR WORK IMPLEMENTATION WITHOUT STOPPING FLOW, AND METHOD FOR WORK IMPLEMENTATION WITHOUT STOPPING FLOW - An apparatus including a sealing case | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120305097 | TAPPING DEVICE WITH HAND PROTECTOR - Tapping devices and methods for using such devices to tap into a pipe are described. The tapping device contains a drill connected to the proximal portion of a shaft, a tapping tool attached to a distal portion of the shaft, and a protection device attached to the shaft. The protection device itself contains containing an enlarged distal portion, an enlarged proximal portion, and a middle member extending therebetween. The user can hold and use the tapping device with a first hand on a handle of the drill and a second hand on the middle member of the protection device. The protection device protects the hand from hitting an object (including the pipe), the socket, or the drill, thereby improving the safety for the user. Other embodiments are also described. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130180598 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HOT TAPPING MULTIPLE COAXIAL OR NESTED STRINGS OF UNDERWATER PIPING AND/OR TUBING FOR OVERTURNED WELLS OR PLATFORMS - A method and apparatus for tapping into a pressurized multiple strings of coaxially situated tubulars for wells and/or platforms which have overturned wherein the tapping occurs underwater via a diver or remotely operated vehicle. The assembly includes a tapping tool connectable to the tubular via a saddle connection and an adjustable tapping clamp with adjustable support/locking feet, compression plate with view ports, and angularly adjustable hot tapping system, along with a drill/saw system. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130306162 | Method of Direct Hot Tapping Into A Multiple Production String Without Removing Outer Layers of Casing - A method of hot tapping into a multiple string configuration for obtaining access to the production tubing without removing outer layers of casing by providing a multiple casing string that includes at least an outer casing and an inner casing or production string; mounting a clamp assembly around the wall of the outer casing; hot tapping a small opening through the outer casing wall to capture any pressurized fluid through the opening; cutting first and second large openings through the wall of the outer casing to access the inner casing, each opening being approximately 180 degrees from the other opening; through the first opening, drilling a small hole through the wall of the inner casing to capture any pressurized fluid through the opening in the inner casing; and inserting an anvil through the second opening to contact and stabilize the wall of the inner casing to prevent the casing from moving while the casing is drilled. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20150300548 | ADJUSTABLE WATER MAIN TAP APPARATUS - A water main tapping apparatus comprising a sleeve for attachment around the water main, a branch a branch pipe on one side of the sleeve, a tapping valve rotatably connected to the branch pipe; and sealing apparatus to seal the tapping valve to the branch pipe. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160069513 | Oil Filter Drain Tool - A fluid filter draining device is shown for draining fluid from a fluid container, such as an oil filter, in a controlled manner. An engagement collar is mounted on the outer sidewalls of a fluid filter. The engagement collar carries a threaded screw with a sharpened tip and a turning knob. When knob is turned, the screw tip penetrates the sidewall of the fluid filter and enters the fluid containing cavity of the filter. Fluid is drained through a channel formed by the drainage port and through an associated drainage hose to a collection container. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160138747 | SYSTEM FOR CUTTING A WORKPIECE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A method for cutting a workpiece that includes positioning a first element proximate to an outer surface of the workpiece; operatively associating the first element with a cutting machine; operating the cutting machine to cutout a portion of the workpiece in an area where the first element is positioned; and removing the portion of the workpiece while the portion is in connection or mechanical communication with at least one of the first element and the cutting machine. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160169434 | DEVICE FOR WORK IMPLEMENTATION WITHOUT STOPPING FLOW, AND METHOD FOR WORK IMPLEMENTATION WITHOUT STOPPING FLOW | 06-16-2016 |
| 137150150 | Having deformable or inflatable means | 1 |
| 20100236639 | System And Method For Accessing A Pressurized Gas Pipeline - A system and method for inhibiting gas release while accessing a pressurized gas pipeline includes a magnetic plug holder for magnetically engaging a pipe plug to a rod. A housing is sealingly engaged to a valve attached to the pipeline, and the rod is movable through the housing in a sealing fashion such that the plug holder can be moved linearly and rotationally relative to the housing. The housing can be sealingly attached to a portion of the valve, the valve can be opened, and the plug holder with a threaded plug magnetically engaged thereto lowered through the valve. The rod can be rotated from outside the housing to thread the plug into the threaded hole in the pipeline. | 09-23-2010 |
